Masculine = Republican?

Just curious if anyone else has noticed this trend where some gay men equate their masculinity with the Republican/Conservative mindset. I've noticed it's often men from small towns. My guess is since most of the men they idolized as kids were conservative, they grow up thinking they can't be masculine and Liberal. I've also noticed they are not able to talk much about politics without repeating Rush Limbaugh or Palin. Your thoughts and experiences are appreciated.

Dead on!I see it all the time.Gay guys who come from an environment where they were taught to believe that being gay = being feminine - (WHICH IS TOTAL BS) - often think that if they vote Republican, it will butch them up and make them "less gay".IT IS TOTAL BULLSHIT.

Any loser who thinks that voting Repub will make him more of a real man, needs to grow some fucking balls and stop feeling like a pussy for being gay.

Being gay DOES NOT make you more feminine!And voting Republican DOES NOT make you more masculine!

I have a lot of guys who assume I'm Republican for some fucking reason, which I find pretty damn insulting. I usually just let them talk and nod my head to get them to spill their ignorance before breaking the bad news to them.

Although, that being said, I am pretty conservative when it comes to social programs, but then so are a lot of people, so that hardly makes me a conservative.

Scruffypup saidI have a lot of guys who assume I'm Republican for some fucking reason, which I find pretty damn insulting. I usually just let them talk and nod my head to get them to spill their ignorance before breaking the bad news to them.

Although, that being said, I am pretty conservative when it comes to social programs, but then so are a lot of people, so that hardly makes me a conservative.

All my views aren't "liberal" either.I just could never support a party that has done so much damage to our economy with it's failed policies, and that pushes such divisive issues - the way the Republican party has and does.

Scruffypup saidJust curious if anyone else has noticed this trend where some gay men equate their masculinity with the Republican/Conservative mindset. I've noticed it's often men from small towns. My guess is since most of the men they idolized as kids were conservative, they grow up thinking they can't be masculine and Liberal. I've also noticed they are not able to talk much about politics without repeating Rush Limbaugh or Palin. Your thoughts and experiences are appreciated.

I think it's because conservative people tend to come off as more aggressive and dominating whereas less conservative people not as much.

Gay guys who come from an environment where they were taught to believe that being gay = being feminine - (WHICH IS TOTAL BS)

That 'environment' is part of gay culture too. Just look how a gay man gets jumped on for saying he's not attracted to feminine guys and told he's self-hating or struggling with internal homophobia because of it. Being gay and feminine has in a sense become a part of the identity for being gay within the gay rights movement.

Not at all. I'm slightly more on the feminine side and I'm pretty much categorized by some standards as a "conservative/classical liberal". I know equally as many very feminine "conservatives" as masculine ones. You just have to ask them. Most people just assume feminine guys are "liberal".

You are dead on here!! I've noticed the same thing. And loud and obnoxious as hell about being conservative. They think if they yell "I'm a Republican" loud enough, nobody will notice that they are gay.

Anto saidGay guys who come from an environment where they were taught to believe that being gay = being feminine - (WHICH IS TOTAL BS)

That 'environment' is part of gay culture too. Just look how a gay man gets jumped on for saying he's not attracted to feminine guys and told he's self-hating or struggling with internal homophobia because of it. Being gay and feminine has in a sense become a part of the identity for being gay within the gay rights movement.

catfish5 saidYou are dead on here!! I've noticed the same thing. And loud and obnoxious as hell about being conservative. They think if they yell "I'm a Republican" loud enough, nobody will notice that they are gay.

Whose that closeted football player that keeps throwing Curt on GLEE into the lockers?

Anto saidGay guys who come from an environment where they were taught to believe that being gay = being feminine - (WHICH IS TOTAL BS)

That 'environment' is part of gay culture too. Just look how a gay man gets jumped on for saying he's not attracted to feminine guys and told he's self-hating or struggling with internal homophobia because of it. Being gay and feminine has in a sense become a part of the identity for being gay within the gay rights movement.

Don't get me started on THAT one!

How did a thread about Gay Republicans become an opportunity to bash feminine guys by proxy?